Addressed to 21 Cornhill, Boston

Holograph, signed

May's handwriting on the envelope reads, "P.P.'s letter from Edinburgh Rec'd Oct. 15 / 55."

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Pillsbury discusses articles that he wrote recently for "The Enquirer" and "The Anti-Slavery Advocate." He tells May that "Andrew Paton perseveres with his Sunday Steamer Enterprise." Pillsbury discusses the Scotch clergy and asserts that "Intemperance is disappearing in this country [Scotland] much faster than in England or Ireland." He gives an account of his lecture schedule and tells May that he is trying to get a letter from George Armstrong that was written by Lajos Kossuth, who denounces the British and American abolitionists. Pillsbury reports of the difficulties of Julia Griffiths

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